I completely agree with Charlie’s point here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with finding an affordable starter/beater mandolin and starting the journey from there. One of my first mandolins was a...
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I completely agree with Charlie’s point here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with finding an affordable starter/beater mandolin and starting the journey from there. One of my first mandolins was a...
Thanks everyone for the replies! I ended up ordering a Feather as I realized that the Blend would have too much extra cable to deal with. I also appreciate the recommendation on the Grip. I'll keep...
I got in touch with Gregg the other day and it was very informative. Really nice guy and very helpful. He informed me that all the Myers setups have the same kind of microphone which was my main...
Thanks Billy! Quick question is the 1/4" to XLR going direct to a PA with no preamp?
I’m exploring a dual channel option for my pickup. Anyone have any experience with the Blend or other Myers products? Appreciate the feedback.
One acoustic trio this Saturday outdoors, one full band in June, booking for August and hopefully into the fall. Hoping everything is going well for all of you as well.
I'll throw in my thoughts for fun.
I was drawn to trying a Tonegard based on how my own playing style developed. I understood that moving the mandolin away from my body would achieve clearer...
Do the armrest and tonegard interfere on the instruments?
Just for fun, I thought I'd ask what songs/tunes drive our partners crazy. What I mean is, those songs/tunes that we play over, and over, AND OVER again just to make sure we're getting them right.
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No disadvantage at all. Three string phrasing offers a lot of flexibility. Four string chording is great but not a requirement by any stretch. Once I figured out how to move three string chording...
I have a Tacoma dreadnought style guitar that I've had for a long time. I still love playing it and I should play it more often. :mandosmiley:
Kind of a different response here, but I'll give it...
This one hundred percent. It is true that higher quality instruments help get to higher quality of the sound, sometimes... The other times it comes down to how instruments are set up. It takes me...
Key of B used to frustrate me. Then this past year I found an approach that uses a C form starting at B on the low G string. Started experimenting with a blues kind of scale that goes B - C# - D - Eb...
As a percussionist working on snare drum rudiments for most of my musical life, I find this incredibly cool! I'll give them a try and provide feedback. Thank you for providing this as an exercise.
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First off, super excited for you to embark on selecting an electric mandolin, especially one that is custom made! Second, I want to offer some observations I've had on the electric mandolin journey....
If you find Tyler Grant Music on Facebook, he has a weekly jam along on Monday nights for traditional and favorite bluegrass and old time tunes. :mandosmiley:
Found a bootleg of this recording many years ago entitled Lost and Found. It's an incredible SBD recording. Nice to know a video of this exists! Thanks for sharing! 185561
One consideration that I had to ask myself is whether you want the instrument to play as a traditional mandolin. The electric set up won’t have complete translation of traditional mandolin sound, but...
Received the Schwab #79 5 string and took it for a test run today. I gotta say, I've not played an electric instrument (guitar or mandolin) that plays quite like this. Many thanks to MrMando and...
Gonna revive this thread cause I love seeing and learning the variety of artists. Thanks for all who contributed to it!
Mike Kang of SCI was the first one I'd seen or heard at first. The second...
Super helpful advice y'all! Thank you so much! I'm gonna take this and let y'all know how it goes.:mandosmiley:
Hello all,
I wanted to ask about folks thoughts, opinions, and recommendations for playing country and blues on electric mandolins. I've got the bluegrass country down for the normal mandolin that...
A Mark Hencel for sure. Tried to get one from Emando but no response from the maker to figure out specs. Ordered a Schwab 5 instead and very excited for it! But MH does beautiful work! Let us know...
After many years of struggling with amps I've finally settled on two depending on size of performance space and sound of the group.
Fishman Loudbox Mini: $350 on Sweetwater.com. 60 watts solid...
The many Garcia/Grisman collaborations, particularly The Pizza Tapes with Tony Rice. That's was started the interest. Then my wife got me into Nickel Creek and I was blown away by their first...